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johnq37
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« on: June 29, 2005, 06:35:57 PM » |
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Which Linux distro?
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johnq37
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« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2005, 06:35:57 PM » |
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Which distro of Linux is the best? Please vote and also post why.
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Ephemeral
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« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2005, 07:51:03 PM » |
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Is impossible to say one is the best.
Some of these distros are best suited to different uses to others.
Ive liked using Ubuntu, Mandrake/Mandriva and Fedora.
MEPIS is my disstro to watch out so to speak. I think big things lie ahead for MEPIS.
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« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2005, 07:51:36 PM » |
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I'll vote for Fedora. Since that is what i currently have installed.
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johnq37
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« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2005, 08:50:48 PM » |
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Thanks for you input Ephemeral. I'm not familiar with MEPIS. The primary uses I'm looking for is a web server.
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« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2005, 12:38:57 PM » |
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I use Slackware. Good stuff...
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« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2005, 10:16:06 AM » |
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I have been using slackware since it's inception. Pat has done an excellent job of having a stable and lean distro with very little fat. It's not bloated and it's true to bsd principles. It's a rock solid distro with no frills attached.
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« Reply #7 on: July 18, 2005, 05:26:56 PM » |
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I'm on Ubuntu, I like it's up-to-dateness without the compiling of Gentoo. If not, I'd still be on that. I spend alot more time doing things instead of setting up/compiling them. Loveley.
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« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2005, 12:03:27 AM » |
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Gentoo isn't among the choices... but FreeBSD and OpenBSD are, when they are definitely not Linux distros?  Personally, I use Gentoo for my server. It's quite up-to-date and I can manage it easily. Of course, I wouldn't use it in a production environment... I'm considering FreeBSD for my router. I would use Kubuntu on my laptop but the wireless tools in KDE are still flakey. The ones in GNOME are better, but they don't support WPA correctly. Anyway, I am not very fond of GNOME... I heard that "breezy badger" is going to get loads of updates on that, so I'm looking for it this October. |
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« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2005, 08:53:48 AM » |
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Yeah, get the BSDs out of there and add Mepis (number four in Distrowatch's popularity list!).
I agree with ephemeral that Mepis is a great distro and I would recommend it if you like KDE; Mepis 3.1.1 is the first Linux distro in years that autodetected and autoconfigured all my laptop's hardware, including a wireless PCMCIA card.
I didn't like Gnome before but Ubuntu has helped change my mind. Beautiful and simple but at the same time as functional as KDE.
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« Reply #10 on: July 26, 2005, 07:12:38 PM » |
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I had tried Suse, Fedora, Mepis, Ubuntu, Slack and I just can't keep them. Mostly, I can't stand the dependencies problems with all of them.
I am waiting for PC-BSD and let's hope that it gets some good support like all those linux distro.
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« Reply #11 on: September 04, 2005, 01:42:38 PM » |
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My Vote is Mandriva, followed by Fedora Core 4
Mandriva has worked on both my SN95G5s, and the SN25P flawlessly. Installation was no big deal, everything detected and functional. The SN95G5 BIOS/NIC is missing some code, which causes an error in every distro tried, but it still works without any probs.
Fedora Core 4 works well too, but since I am a KDE kinda guy, and Fedora is Gnome based... it's second place. Really like the YUM updates/install feature, but I am not willing to deal with the Gnome stuff....
The x86-64 for both of these distro's is very strong. On the SN95G5 the Mandriva 2005LE is unusable due to the mouse jerkiness... but Fedora Core 4 x86-64 is fine on the SN95G5.
Both x86-64 distros run great on the SN25P - Mandriva 2005LE isn't the least bit jerky.
The beaconing NIC issues found on the SN95G5s is apparently fixed on the SN25P. Good news since that beaconing NIC error fills up a log file pretty quick!!!
That's my story, and I am sticking to it...
Another Distro that looks pretty good is Novell's Suse 9.2 Prof ed. Haven't had a chance to load it at home, but the install that I did at work looked pretty solid!
HTH
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« Reply #12 on: September 07, 2005, 03:33:36 PM » |
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Best is difficult as said above, but after a lot of searching
I settled on Slackware, from whence I am replying.
SuSE is still good for ease of setup.
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« Reply #13 on: September 09, 2005, 10:13:18 PM » |
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quote:
Originally posted by: johnq37
Thanks for you input Ephemeral. I'm not familiar with MEPIS. The primary uses I'm looking for is a web server.
I'm not sure how much traffic you expect to get to your server, and how familiar you are with Unix/Linux, nor what kind of hardware you'll be using. If it's a low-traffic site, and this is more of a 'learning experience', I'd say go with Fedora, Suse, or Mandrake. They're easy to install and use, and you will find that each of them have large communities of users which possibly have run across the same issues you might run into, so it'll be easier to find answers to your questions. If, on the other hand, you're expecting a lot of traffic, I'd say go with FreeBSD. Very fast, very lean, very easy to maintain current (using cvsup), installing new 'packages' is a breeze, and they're all compiled from source (ports tree anyone?). It's a little more involved than Linux when it comes to setup, but you'll learn a lot more in the process. If you want security, OpenBSD would be the best choice, but it's a bit more difficult to use than most linux distributions, so I'd say you probably should not use it. Use FreeBSD instead. Hope this helps. |
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« Reply #14 on: September 18, 2005, 03:18:26 PM » |
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quote:
Originally posted by: johnq37
Which distro of Linux is the best? Please vote and also post why.
As others have written there is no "best". I've been making a similar search but in my case I'm not looking to support a web server -- just a plain and simple desktop system to play with. Along the way I've found more than a few distros that won't even install on my rather simple platform (older dual-CPU Intel system with the most plain vanilla peripherals). Surprisingly even the much-praised UBUNTU would simply freeze part way through the install with not a single error message. And of course there is no support to be found. One thing I did want was to have the distro support at least simple multimedia. That put me off of Fedora which I had been playing with through three versions. Imagine putting out a desktop distro that won't work properly with the most popular sound card ever sold -- the Creative Soundblaster! On my system right now is MEPIS which seems to have gotten everything right -- at least everything that I've tried so far. So that's my story and I'm sticking to it -- MEPIS seems to be a pretty good option for anyone looking for a good general purpose desktop Linux distro. |
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« Reply #15 on: October 13, 2005, 09:37:29 PM » |
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Update: I now run Vector Linux, which is a Slackware derivative. Better package management!
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« Reply #16 on: October 13, 2005, 10:44:30 PM » |
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I like Arch Linux. Optimized for i686 and pacman is a great PACage MANager. You start with a base Linux system, then use pacman to add xorg, gnome, and whatever packages you want. You end up with a system customized for you. Kind of like a Nisson Xterra, everything you need, and nothing you don't. If you like Gentoo, but don't like all the compiling involved with Gentoo, this is the next best thing. Since it doesn't contain any bloatware, and is i686 optimized, it is quite fast. Pudge |
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